FIRE EXTINGUISHER TESTING COURSE – CPPFES2020 CONDUCT ROUTINE INSPECTION AND TESTING OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND FIRE BLANKETS
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$650
ENROLMENT FEE
RESERVOIR (VICTORIA)
ON-SITE (ALL OTHER STATES)
LOCATION
BLENDED DELIVERY
DELIVERY METHOD
CLASSROOM: 7 hrs
PERSONAL STUDY: 30 mins to 3 hours*
STUDENT TIME INVESTMENT
*Actual in-class delivery time will depending on class sizes and participant engagement. Actual online study time will depend on your existing knowledge of the course content.
ABOUT THIS COURSE
Our comprehensive course is designed to certify you as a ‘competent person’ in establishing essential safety measures and maintenance levels in compliance with the Australian Standards 1851-2012 and the Essential Safety Measures Building Code of Australia (BCA). Our expert-led training equips you with the necessary skills and knowledge to perform weekly, monthly, six-monthly, and yearly inspections, testing, and maintenance of fire extinguishers and fire blankets, either at your own workplace or a client’s premises.
By completing our course, you will gain proficiency in conducting routine servicing (inspection, testing, preventive maintenance, and survey) of portable and wheeled fire extinguishers that adhere to the relevant Australian Standards at the time of manufacture. Set yourself apart as a fire safety expert and join our community of successful technicians today.
SPECIFIC COURSE INFORMATION
For more information and detail on this course and on how Intelligent Training Solutions intends to deliver this course to you, please click on any heading below to expand the content.
UNITS OF COMPETENCE (SUBJECTS) AND COURSE DURATION
STUDENT INVESTMENT: Face-to-Face: 7 hrs + Online (Personal Study) 30 minutes to 3 hours*
This unit provides you with the skills and knowledge required to inspect and test fire extinguishers routinely and fire blankets weekly, monthly, six-monthly, and yearly.
This course ensures all who attend are provided with sufficient, one-on-one practice discharging and recharging fire extinguishers, including conducting all maintenance activities required by the Australian Standards. Courses are available on a weekly basis and are flexible with dates and times to cater to your individual or organisational needs.
KEY INFORMATION
*The actual face-to-face in-class delivery time will vary depending on class discussions and participant numbers. We expect that your class will only take 7 hours (face to face) to complete; however, we ask that all our students allow a maximum of 7.5 hours in their schedules, just in case. 🙂
*The time required to complete our online (personal study) component will also vary between 30 minutes to an average of 3 hours. The actual time investment will depend on your previous experience and knowledge with first aid and on how much time you take to go through the extra learning materials available.
PRE-REQUISITES & COURSE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
It is recommended that you provide the following:
- Working pen and highlighters for use on the course.
- An active and working email account – is required in order to complete your online (personal study component)
- Photo ID to confirm your identity is required on your training day.
COURSE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
This unit of competence does not have any required eligibility criteria as stated by the CPPFES2020 Unit of Competence located on www.training.gov.au.
This is an open certificate; therefore, we encourage everybody to undertake this course. Participants should have basic Language, Literacy and Numeracy skills and have the physical ability to lift and carry 9kg fire extinguishers.
It is recommended that participants are 18 years of age; however, participants 15 years or older can undertake a VET course.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Before you enrol into this course, you may wish to check out the student administration section of this website for the terms and conditions you are bound by when you enrol on one of our courses. The information within this section will highlight any expectations we will have from you and provide you with a clear understanding of your required commitment to your enrolled course. To access the student administration portal, simply click here: Student Administration.
To access your enrolment forms terms and conditions, simply click here: Enrolment Terms and Conditions.
The training offered by Intelligent Training Solutions provides the skills and knowledge to inspect, test, and service fire extinguishers at a client’s location but does not certify you to pressure test cylinders as required by the five-yearly inspection. Intelligent Training Solutions accepts no responsibility for the subsequent actions of participants.
This course and employment as a service technician for fire extinguishers and fire blankets involve moderate physical activity, including kneeling and bending. Intelligent Training Solutions does not accept any responsibility for any harm suffered by you as a result of your participation in the course. If you have any special needs (including those in relation to Language, Literacy or Numeracy), a relevant disability or condition, or any other concerns, you should raise these prior to enrolment.
COURSE OUTLINES
There are many topics within this course. For a full list of the information taught and assessed, we recommend viewing the CPPFES2020 criteria upon which our course is based.
VIEW: CPPFES2020 Unit of Competency
As a brief overview, the following list of topics are taught and assessed throughout this course. Please note that the list below is not extensive, and as previously mentioned, we recommend reviewing the first aid criteria using the link above should you require specific information for your compliance or workplace requirements.
- Introduction to the industry
- Obtaining work permits
- Hazard identification, Safe Work Method Statements
- Relevant codes of practice, standards, and guides
- Inspection, testing and maintaining fire extinguishers (all types excluding Vaporizing Liquid – BCF – (Halon) extinguishers)
- Students will be required to discharge several extinguishers, inspect the cylinders and contents’ condition, then recharge each extinguisher, ensuring proper function.
- Inspect and maintain fire blankets
- Perform servicing operations as required
- Students will need to identify faulty extinguishers and perform maintenance tasks to rectify found issues
- Complete required paperwork
COURSE FEES
A $50 discount per person may be applied for corporate bookings of four participants or more in a course.
COURSE VALIDATION (EXPIRY) PERIOD
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE INFORMATION, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THIS COURSE BE RETRAINED EVERY 3 YEARS.
OUR ENROLMENT PROCESS
Once you have completed your enrolment form and it has been successfully submitted and received by our office, the following process is applied:
STEP 1)
You will receive a confirmation text message (SMS) from our office informing you that we have received your enrolment form.
NOTE: This text message may take between 1 to 12 hours to arrive as this message is only sent once our team have your enrolment form in their hands.
STEP 2)
During this phase in our enrolment process, you will receive anywhere between two or three emails from our enrolment (administration) team. These emails may include:
- A welcome letter which contains information about your course, together with your trainer’s contact details, the location your training will take place, the time your training will commence and any other important information that is relevant to your course.
- A tax invoice and/or receipt; and finally
- An email containing information on your USI
NOTE: It may take anywhere between 1 – 24 hours for our emails to arrive in your inbox during this stage. Please remember to check the spam or junk folders.
STEP 3)
During the third and final step in our enrolment process, you receive a final text message (SMS) from our enrolment (administration) team. This text message will confirm that your enrolment has been processed by our team and will list any or all emails that we have sent you.
IMPORTANT NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE EMAILS MENTIONED IN YOUR FINAL TEXT MESSAGE, YOU MUST CONTACT OUR OFFICE.
STUDENT SUPPORT
Intelligent Training Solutions can provide you with scheduled or flexible student support sessions. Support for this course is available in the following formats and times:
TYPE OF SUPPORT AVAILABLE | DAYS AVAILABLE | TIMES AVAILABLE |
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PHONE SUPPORT | MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI | 8.45am to 4.45pm |
EMAIL SUPPORT | MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI | 8.45am to 4.45pm |
LIVE VIDEO CHAT | MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI | 8.45am to 4.45pm |
FACE TO FACE | MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI | 8.45am to 4.45pm |
AFTER HOURS | MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT | BY APPOINTMENT |
PLEASE NOTE: Responses to email support requests will occur during the times stated above; however, responses may be delayed up to 24 hours. If your support enquiry is urgent, we recommend calling us.
VALUE ADDED ITEMS
- A printed personalised VOC (Verification of Competence) wallet-sized card
- A Certificate of Completion – Statement of Attainment
- A printed Learner Guide
We will also add you to our register to receive FREE reminders that your certification may be due for refresher training. This is a free service offered by Intelligent Training Solutions to assist you in staying up-to-date and current with your certification.
DELIVERY LOCATIONS
Intelligent Training Solutions started as a workplace training organisation, delivering courses directly to clients at their own locations throughout Australia. Today onsite course delivery remains a strength of ours when it comes to helping businesses, large or small, find solutions to their own compliance or employment and training needs.
In Victoria, Intelligent Training Solutions Training Centre operates from Warehouse (Unit) 74, 2 Cobham Street, Reservoir, Victoria 3073.
- Reservoir (ITS Training Centre) – Warehouse (Unit) 74, 2 Cobham Street, Reservoir, Victoria 3073
- On-Site delivery in all other states
ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
It is a requirement of this course, as stated by the CPPFES2020 unit criteria, that students must discharge and recharge fire extinguishers. |
This course and the unit of competency that make up your Statement of Attainment must be assessed both theoretically and practically in accordance with the criteria of the course. The assessment will be based on competency-based training (CBT) principles. A successful outcome for this certificate will be determined by a range of different methods, including:
- Either (one or the other) an online or written submission of work
- Observation of simulated and practical activities
- Structured questioning or discussions.
COURSE, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL PATHWAYS
RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING (RPL)
Standard fees will apply. Further information is available by contacting our office.
YOUR RIGHTS AS A STUDENT
- You have the right to complain about the performance of our administration services, trainers or assessors.
- You have the right to appeal the assessment decision made by our trainers. Please refer to our appeals policy in this website’s student administration section.
- You can view our complaints and appeals policies by visiting the student administration section of this website.
RESOURCES AND TEXTBOOKS
STATEMENT OF ATTAINMENT - COURSE COMPLETION
- CPPFES2020 – Conduct routine inspection and testing of fire extinguishers and fire blankets
PLEASE NOTE: Intelligent Training Solutions aims to issue certificates within 48 to 72 hours from the successful completion of your course; HOWEVER, failing to provide our office with your correct USI details, failing to complete your personal study component, or a failure to pay your invoice on time will delay this process.
If you require your certificate urgently for any reason, please inform your trainer on the day of your training session so that they can attempt to make the required arrangements for you.
CANCELLATION POLICY
To summarise our cancellation and refund terms and conditions, in short, We are unable to refund monies for students who do not turn up for class. Course fees will not be refunded if received within eight days of your course commencement. Intelligent Training Solutions has already secured the required trainers, training venues, course resources and printed materials for your attendance on the course. Your enrolment has been taken into account during this preparation stage; therefore, course fees WILL NOT be refunded.
Any student who enrols in a course less than eight days from the proposed course commencement date will not receive a refund in accordance with Clause 4.3.
PLEASE decide carefully when enrolling in a course with less than eight days between your enrolment and the commencement of the course. Intelligent Training Solutions does not have a cooling-off period for this course. Once your enrolment is processed, all payments made are non-refundable.
NOTE: WITHDRAWING FROM THE COURSE AT THIS STAGE WILL RESULT IN A VACANT POSITION WITHIN THE COURSE AND WILL DEPRIVE INTELLIGENT TRAINING SOLUTIONS AND THE COURSE OF THE REVENUE IT WOULD PROVIDE.
Click the link above to view our full list of terms and conditions.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)
Here are a few of our most frequently asked questions on this course; please click on any questions below to expand the content.
WHY DOES THIS COURSE HAVE A SELF-PACED (ONLINE) PERSONAL STUDY COMPONENT?
This course has been assigned 16 hours; therefore, no training provider in Australia should deliver this course in one day without a personal study component. Like a wise TV Judge once said, “if it sounds too good to be true, then it is!”
Think about it…. how do you fit 16 hours of information into 7 hours without homework? More importantly, how do you fit 16 hours of learning into 2 hours as some other providers of this course are claiming to do?
For this reason, we have developed an interactive, informative and enjoyable online personal study component split in several topics that allow you to complete all the non-practical yet important components in your own time at home or at work. Our online component contains videos, animated videos and presentations that guide you through each topic. Once you have completed the learning materials for each topic, you will be asked to complete a small quiz to confirm your understanding of what you have just learned.
NOTE: Each topic has a quiz. The number of questions in a quiz varies between 6 to 16, depending on the topic.
INTERESTING FACT
Before enrolling, we always have students call us and ask why our course is so long compared to other providers. During that phone call, we take the time to explain what we do and why. The interesting part for us is that after that person enrols and then completes the course, we NEVER have that, or any other student, come back and tell us that the course is too long. They do come back telling us how good the practical training, materials, and our trainers were!
WHAT IF I AM NOT CONFIDENT USING A COMPUTER OR I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A COMPUTER OR THE INTERNET?
Please Note: We will always recommend you attempt to complete your personal study component online at home. Our team of trainers and administrators are available on our phones to support you in gaining access to your Learner Portal.
WHAT IS INVOLVED WITH THE 7HR IN-CLASS (FACE-TO-FACE) TRAINING SESSION?
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